Camarillo school principal rewards young fundraisers with chicken dance

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La Mariposa Elementary School Principal Erica Williams does the chicken dance with parents and teachers as part of a promise to students for surpassing their fundraising goal for the jog-a-thon.

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Second-grader Olivia Cash waves to her parents as she walks with her classmates Thursday during the school Halloween costume parade at La Mariposa Elementary School in Camarillo.

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Kindergartner Leia Purnell (center) dances next to classmate Jake Bruegger (left) and third-grader Morgan Davidge as La Mariposa Elementary School Principal Erica Williams does the chicken dance with parents and teachers Thursday at the school Halloween costume parade in Camarillo. The dance was part of a promise to La Mariposa students for surpassing their fundraising goal for the jog-a-thon.

A yellow-feathered Halloween surprise flew in on students at La Mariposa Elementary School in Camarillo on Thursday in celebration of the raising of $60,500 from a jog-a-thon in October.